Madame chair, i move that the convention suspend the procedural rules. I move that all votes, all votes cast by delegates be reflected in the official record, and i move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States. Hillary clinton making u. S. History. What a day, what a day. It really. Becoming the first woman nominated for president. Thank you so much for joining us, im heather childers. Good to be with heather again
tonight, im kelly wright. Senator Bernie Sanders ending the roll call in a bid to unify the party and a couple hours later, former president bill clinton took the floor with an emotional speech. Well bring his comments to you in their entirety in the next hour. But first right now, we go to Shannon Bream in philadelphia for the latest. Shannon, whats the atmosphere like there no . Reporter well, kelly, it is winding down tonight, but on night two of the dnc, clearly the former president , bkt, was star of the show and he had a big job, trying to bring together the clinton and sanders camps of 2016. He talked about Hillary Clinton in a very personal way, her skills, and he said she is the best Problem Solver that he knows. You could drop her you could drop her into any trouble spot, pick one, come back in a month, and somehow, some way,
she will have made it better. That is just who she is. There are clear, achievable, affordable responses to our challenges, but we wont get to them if america makes the wrong choice in this election. Thats why you should elect her. And you should elect her because shell never quit when the going gets tough. Former attorney general eric holder spoke tonight and he talked about some of the challenges a president Hillary Clinton would face. And how he feels shes equipped to tackle them. As a president ial candidate, she has talked about systemic racism in a way that no one else has. And she will help our nation summon the courage to confront Racial Injustice and face down the legacies of our darkest past. Reporter also tonight, several mothers who lost their children to gun violence or in circumstances that involved law
enforcement took to the stage. Sharing their stories and calling for action. Their appearance prompted many in the crowd to chant black lives matter. The president of the local police union said he was, quote, insulted that widows and family members of slain Law Enforcement officers werent included in the speeches tonight, saying the sleight wouldnt soon be forgotten and he says, quote, it is sad that to win an election, mrs. Clinton must pander to the interests of people who do not know all the facts. Well, the men and women they seek to destroy are outside protecting the Political Institutions of this country. We understa wednesday night, president obama and Vice President biden will be here to speak and will also be joined by the man who wants to be the next Vice President of the United States, senator tim kaine. Kelly, back to you. Shannon bream from the floor of the dnc. Shannon, thank you well, Bernie Sanders gestured today, an important show of unity for a party trying to heal deep divisions. But how far will it go . Joining us now, a surrogate for
the sanders campaign, hes an adjunct professor of law at the university of detroit. Thank you so much for joining us. My pleasure. So, youre there. Did Bernie Sanders do the job that he needed to do in terms of bridging the divide by nomination by acclimation . Well, look, i think Bernie Sanders acted with class and grace. You know, those of us who support him have come to expect nothing less. I mean, i think that he acted with so much honor tonight, he made us proud. You know, we all knew that he was going to do this if he did not win the nomination. He said that a year ago, that he would support Hillary Clinton if he didnt win the nomination. Nevertheless, i think Hillary Clinton still has a lot of problems with many of the progressive wings of the party. Shes till still, many of us feel, is not fully speaking our language. A lot of this a lot of the other speakers on stage in the convention actually have been saying very progressive things, but these are people also with long progressive histories. Well see when hillary gives her speech and also how she acts in the next few months of the campaign if she can pull everybody in. Many sanders supporters have said that they will vote for her, but theres still a large swath. There was a walkout from the Convention Today and theres still a lot of anger, not because we lost, but because we feel that our issues are still not being heard. Interesting to point out. Back in 2008, Hillary Clinton also did this nomination by acclimation for president obama. In terms of president former president bill clinton, did he do anything to help ease some of your fears . Well, no, not really. I mean, you know, i think i think president clinton gave, you know, the speech that everyone would expect him to give, a heartfelt speech about his wife, and that was very nice and very beautiful, but that doesnt get down to the deep issues that concern us as progressives in the party. We are very concerned with economic inequality, were very concerned with Hillary Clintons
militaryism, especially in the middle east. Were concerned with some of her trustworthy issues. These things have still not come out yet, and been totally fleshed out, and these are the things these are the reasons we supported Bernie Sanders, you know, im an arabamerican. I was supporting Bernie Sanders mainly on a lot of his stances towards the middle east and especially on the palestinian and israelly conflict and unfortunately, the Democratic National platform got more to the right on those issues. So, for many segments of communities that supported Bernie Sanders, they might have gotten some things that they wanted out of the platform, but for many others what about tpp . I know thats been discussed a lot. And also, in terms of Hillary Clintons choice for Vice President ial running mate. Well, you know, and you know, the choice for a Vice President ial running mate didnt please a lot of progressives, obviously. I mean, tim kaine is very much in the hillary mould, one of the very strong corporate democrats, somebody that wall street would be happy with, so that didnt make many of us very happy. That pick was definitely not an outreach to the progressive wing of the party. As far as tpp is concerned, i dont think its still clear to many of us where she stands on that. So, well see how she mentions it, if she mentioned it on thursday night and how she deals with it as the election goes on because although almost all of us bernie supporters, especially those who were active in the primaries and active in the hall, are not people who are going to vote for donald trump, but they are people who might vote for a third party or might not vote for hillary come around election day unless she really becomes more literate and more vocal on our core issues. Thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it. Well, as Shannon Bream mentioned, it was an emotional moment at the Democratic National convention tonight when a group of women, including Trayvon Martins mother, took the stage. They are known as the mothers of the movement. The focus tonight was gun violence. They also argued the criminal Justice System is racist and
broken and that Hillary Clinton is the candidate they prefer to fix it. Hillary clinton has the compassion and understanding to support grieving mothers. She has the courage to lead the fight for common sense gun legislation. Hillary clinton isnt afraid to say that black lives matter. I am here with Hillary Clinton. Tonight. Because she is a leader and a mother who will say our childrens names. Joining us now from philadelphias fnc contributor and radio talk show host santita jackson. Good of you to join us this morning. What do you say about the mothers of the movement in terms of their presence there at the dnc event . You know, it was really heartwarming to see, because it helps you to see the empathy of Hillary Rodham clinton, you know, she remind me of the woman who wrote the lyrics to the battle hymn of the repup lick but also established mothers day for peace and as a white mother, she related to mothers everywhere in her call for peace and through Hillary Clinton, you see these black mothers calling out to all mothers to establish a new world order, a world order in which it is a world that is ordered by peace and not by violence and war. What about the concerns that many have, including critics of the dnc, and the mothers of the movement, because they were saying that, what about mothers of those Police Officers who had been killed in dallas and baton rouge . Was there some representative there tonight . And was it possible they could have stood together . Well, you know, i think that they can, but i think what we have to do first is affirm the
pain of these mothers and affirm the pain of the Police Officers mothers. I dont think that affirming Trayvon Martins mothers pain or atten sterlings mothers pain, i dont think that affirming those mothers pain means that you cant also understand the anguish of the mothers of Police Officers. And so, why dont we take the time to look at these woman who were on the stage . I mean, they speak to a community, a Vulnerable Community who dont really get addressed. Think about it, kelly. We have police shows, we have the Police Perspective given in the Mainstream Media all the time. We dont really have shows, we dont really have news reports, if you will, taken from the perspective of those who have been victimized by over zealous Police Officers. And we all have to understand, and i do, i have a special feeling about Police Officers because im also been on the receiving end of their protection. So, all Police Officers are not
bad. But we have to create the space for Police Officers to be criticized if they cross a line. That makes them safe. Santita, i understand what youre saying, and many would say that theres also the fact that you have to criticize some members of the Africanamerican Community because of blackonblack crime. I want to call up a quote right now. But theres no such thing as black on black crime, kelly. The fact is all crime is intraracial. More than 80 of whites are killed by other whites, more than 90 of blacks are killed by other blacks. This is not a problem of ethnicity. This is about ethics. We have a society that is very, very violent. We do indeed. Let me bring up a quote from sheriff david clarke of milwaukee who says this about the black community. He says, quote, in displaying the grief of family killed by police, the Democratic Party is asking americans to stomach one more divided the divide from our belief, our hope, our faith that the law can be the great equalizer, protector, and symbol of selfrule. Then he goes on to say, its
time for black america to divide itself from this party. Weve been falsely connecting ourselves to for 50 years and return home to the party of Frederick Doug las. It was not about a party. This is about a principle of freedom. I mean, weve experienced segregation under democrats, under republicans, weve experienced jim crow under democrats and under republicans. Weve been incarcerated under dechl dech democrats is and republicans and im really kind of agnostic about parties although i am a registered democrat. The fact is i want solutions. I think that africanamericans have a right to be in the Republican Party. I think that africanamericans have the right to be in the green party, the Democratic Party, any party they choose. I think that all americans need to be fighting for a fair and just society that is peaceful, and i think that we should, from the right and the left, or wherever you are, push toward that end. The father this has nothing to do with
party. Okay. Thank you. Your father will be speaking what do you anticipate the reverend jesse jackson, your dad, to talk about . Well, kelly, you know, its very interesting. Its kind of ironic that he would be speaking tomorrow with Hillary Clinton as the nominee of the party, because he was the first top tier candidate to call to put to affirm that he would put a woman on the ticket. That was a radical idea in 1984 and 1988, but he said, if im the nominee, i will do that. 30plus years later, this she is. And Bernie Sanders came out of his campaign too. So its very interesting for him to be able to see that. And i think hes going to be calling for unity, for peace, and not just in the Democratic Party, but in our country and around the world. Healing for the world. Santita jackson. Healing for the world. All right, your father, many people will be looking forward to seeing that tomorrow. F Fox News Contributor joining us from the dnc. Thank you, santita. God bless and good night. Someone that people were looking forward to seeing this evening was, of course, former president bill clinton and joining us now for a check of the nights highlights, our panel of political insiders, Jessi Jessica tarlov, Brad Blakeman and judith miller. Thank you all for joining us. So, it was a big night. Everyone was waiting in anticipation to see president bill clinton and see how long he talked along with what he was going to say. Jessica, ill start with you. What were your thoughts . Well, i thought that he did a great job, and i think that bill clinton actually unscripted is the best bill clinton. You know, when hes kind of free styling and going at it, but i think that he told the story that a lot of americans needed to hear, especially millennials, who dont know the clintons, who werent necessarily paying attention in the 90s and im a millennial myself and i didnt
become really involved in politics until the 2000s in the george bush era, so what he tried to do was frame this as a love story and a really romance between the two of them and a Political Partnership that has reaped great benefits for americans and for people all across the world and i think that he did do that effectively. Im not sure that its necessarily going to move the needle on anything. This is, you know, everyone knows bill clinton is the most charming man, perhaps, on the planet, and he was just that this evening. And there is always the possibility of, well, that he that she will be overshadowed by these amazing speakers, you know, we have president obama coming up, last night we were all wowed by Michelle Obama, cory booker, and we know actually watching this that the democratic bench is quite deep. Shes not the best orator. Doesnt mean shes not going to be the best president. So im watching to make sure they talk about how great she is but they make sure on thursday night, she has a chance to really shine there. Brad, what do you think . He spoke for about 41 minutes and i think the record was 48,
maybe. What did you think about what he had to say . Bill clinton is a master of telling stories and it was a long walk down memory lane and i agree if youre a millennial it began in 1979. Yeah. If you didnt know i think he opened with 1979. I thought you meant millennials. 71. 1971, i met a girl. That was the opening. So, 71. So for the people who never really knew the story of Hillary Clinton, it was fascinating to hear bill clinton tell the story. For those people who have been with the clintons for the last 40 years, what surprised me the most is what democrats said, and that was, i never knew that about hillary. How is it possible that they did not know these things about Hillary Clinton after being so long on the stage . So the long and short of it is, i dont think it will have an effect. I think it was effective tonight, and it may be effective for balance, but longterm, i dont think it will have any
effect. I think it was exactly what you expected a spouse to do. Judy, was there enough policy . Its being described as this love story interweaved with policy as well. Look, he did that very effectively, and it is an amazing love story, and there was an illusion to all the difficult times in their marriage, which i thought was very grateful. But his main point was that this woman, my wife, has always been an agent of change, and thats to counter the donald trump narrative, which is, i am the chan